List of Illustrations Acknowledgments 1. Race, Real Estate, and Uneven Development: An Introduction Housing as a System of Social Stratification Race, Racism, and Racialization Metropolitan Kansas City: An Overview Constructing a Segregated Metropolis 2. The Racialization of Space: Restrictive Covenants and the Origins of Racial Residential Segregation The Great Migration and the Rise of the Modern Real Estate Industry Racial Restrictive Covenants and the Real Estate Industry The Role of Community Builders The Role of Homeowner Associations The Legacy of Racial Restrictive Covenants 3. The Federal Government, Community Builders, and the Development of the Modern Mortgage System The Housing Act of 1934 and the Creation of the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) Community Builders and the FHA Racial Conflict and the Defense of Racial Space 4. Urban Renewal, Public Housing, and Downtown Redevelopment A Housing Program for Slum Clearance Local Implementation and Dislocating Effects Explaining Postwar Urban Redevelopment 5. Building the Troost Wall: School Segregation, Blockbusting, and the Racial Transitions of the Southeast Area Racial Population Change in Southeast Kansas City, 1950-1975 School Segregation and Neighborhood Racial Transition Blockbusting and Panic Selling The Role of the Real Estate Board Reflections and Experiences with Blockbusting The Legacy of School Desegregation and Blockbusting 6. The Struggle for Fair Housing Fair Housing and the Conflict over "Rights" Housing Act of 1968 and the FHA's Section 235 Program Local Implementation and Segregative Effects Neighborhood Response and Disinvestment Federal Housing Policy Retrenchment in the Post-Civil Rights Era Fair Housing in Retrospect Conclusions Old Customs Die Hard: Racialization of Space and the Global Real Estate Crisis Race, Housing, and the "New Racism" Privatism, Real Estate, and the Future of Uneven Development Notes References Index.